Production managers, safety officers or management – those responsible for production and safety are faced with the daily task of keeping track of machinery and personnel. This includes issues relating to liability protection, employee protection, data protection and productivity.
One of the ways in which operators protect these four core values is by ensuring that their machinery is always state-of-the-art and meets statutory requirements. The fact that the standards and legislative landscape is currently evolving and imposing new safety requirements not only makes the work more complex, but also increases the need for structured management of documents and permissions. Because: The EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 will apply from 20 January 2027. It sets out the safety requirements for machinery within the EU in more detail and provides greater clarity on issues that have previously been contentious. It also contains new aspects such as artificial intelligence or the growing importance of Industrial Security and digitisation.
Verifying safety at all times – throughout the life of the machine
For operators and manufacturers, therefore, it is no longer just a matter of one-off CE marking, but of verifying that the lifecycle is under control from design and operation through to maintenance and decommissioning – including the handling of software and updates. The focus is therefore shifting from one-off certification to continuous compliance.
This applies equally to organisation, processes, qualifications and IT Security. Platform support is becoming a condition: without integrated asset, document and rights management, it is virtually impossible to put “Secure by Design” and verifiable safety compliance into practice on a day-to-day basis.
The solution in factories: those responsible must provide full documentation of qualifications, inspections, maintenance intervals, revision histories, evidence and access rights – across all sites and systems. Excel lists and paper files are no longer up to the task; they are error-prone, audit-critical and slow things down in the event of an incident.
Connected future on the shop floor
As an expert in safe automation, Pilz addresses these increased requirements with the MYZEL Lifecycle Platform – one platform for human and machine, which turns a regulatory obligation into an operational standard, combining safety and productivity in the process: MYZEL consolidates personnel and machine data in a single system, assigns the relevant artefacts (instructions, validations, declarations of conformity, maintenance schedules, training records) and makes the compliance status visible in real time.
Clear connection between human and machine
Production managers and safety officers can manage all documents centrally on the platform. They get a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the machinery and employees. This is also what makes it special, as other asset management systems only record the machines and not the people who work with them. The four core values named above show that it makes sense to consider human and machine together when it comes to safety issues. Even a machine that is operated in accordance with the current state of the art and in compliance with the law can be (unknowingly) manipulated if personnel do not have the appropriate qualifications or permission. Safety and productivity can only be harmonised if they are viewed as a unit.
Knowledge base at the heart
At the heart of the offer is myCore, the central starting point. Users create their machines in myCore and upload all relevant documents and information, such as operating instructions, certificates, logs or employee data, to the MYZEL Lifecycle Platform. If another asset management system is already in use, it is possible to import the data into MYZEL. A dashboard gives users a clear, simple overview of the status of their assets (data, people, machinery), so they can immediately identify where action is required – if deadlines are approaching or evidence is missing, for example. This dashboard can be customised to your own needs. This provides production or safety managers, in particular, with an overview of the current status and any action that may be required.
Easier management of Safety and Security
Pre-defined workflows support machine builders or operators in their day-to-day work. Behind the respective workflows are digital implementation checklists and templates, to keep track of inspection requirements on a daily basis, carry out a risk analysis or actively manage entry and access permissions, for example. AI-supported functions, such as the analysis of machine images to assess a safety risk, enable particularly efficient implementation.
The Machinery Regulation requires systematic risk assessments, clear technical documentation and the consideration of digital risks. MYZEL provides support by storing documents, test reports and certificates on the machine and ensuring that changes are versioned in a way that's traceable – an important basis for conformity assessments and CE marking. MYZEL also helps to structure lifecycle documentation, control access rights in accordance with the need-to-know principle and thereby verify organisational safety measures. Cloud security plays a key role, particularly when personal qualification data is combined with sensitive machine documents. MYZEL relies on an EU-based infrastructure and is certified to ISO/IEC 27017 and ISO/IEC 27018 – a key advantage during audits in which Security and data protection aspects are increasingly being assessed alongside Safety.
Sustainable, safe and standard-compliant production requires a transparent foundation. Anyone who is still struggling to extract data from distributed silos in 2026 is wasting time – and the risk is growing. Solutions such as the MYZEL Lifecycle Platform bundle processes, supporting documentation and responsibilities inside a single system and translate legal texts into practical routines. That way the factory will not only comply with regulations, but will also be more robust and more efficient.
